European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Wednesday january 22, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 5 testifies rogues for Festraet system9 turmoil Bown t expect air help if attacked Coronado Calif. Impi cmdr. Lloyd m. Butcher skipper of the Pueblo said monday that when he sailed on his intelligence Mission he had been told the ship could not expect help from american aircraft if it were attacked. Opening testimony before Anavy court of inquiry Bucher also revealed there were Only axes and hammers to destroy electronic equipment aboard audit would have taken More than two hours to scuttle the  request to the highest Levels Fotr an explosive destruct system was turned Down he  said at Pearl Harbor on the Way to patrol off North Korea he inquired what might happen if the Pueblo came under attack with its Light armament. I was told the Navy had plans to react As Well As the air i Force Bucher told the five Admiral Board. However it was explained the commitment of planes in event of a general War were such that it was not Likely that either Navy or air Force planes could come to my assistance Intima to save the  Bucher said he never told the Crew that because he did not want to give them additional concern. In fact you knew that the chances of other forces coming to your Aid were almost nonexistent asked the court counsel. That is Correct Buche said. The revelation Cust Light on the question of Why . Jets were not called into action when the Pueblo was seized although almost three hours passed fro the time it was intercepted to when it was boarded. The 41-year-old Bucher Sharp and detailed in his replies told of taking command of the ship when it was still being converted from a or. Rob erts Type of cargo ship to the sophisticated vessel seized bythe North koreans in the sea of Japan last Jan. 23. While the Pueblo was being outfitted in puget sound wash., stripes Szalc Side ii Iliff storm continues battering Calif. San Francisco up Northern California s wind driven storm raged on for the third Day monday forcing the evacuation of several Small towns and bursting a levee on the Sacramento  county sheriff s deputies said 225 persons were evacuated from starvation Flat a Small Community about 19miles South of Eureka when the Van Duzen River  40 persons were evacuated from nearby Alton when minor creeks backed up. A levee broke in Southern Sacramento county and 100 residents were taken to Safe ground. New Orleans garbage men strike new Orleans up sanitation workers organized by the teamsters Union walked off their jobs monday and garbage started piling  Victor Schiro called an emergency meeting of City officials to tackle the second garbage strike Here within four months. No Progress in new York up negotiators reported no Progress monday in efforts to Complete contracts which would end the 31-Day East and Gulf coast ship Ping strike that has Cost the nation an estimated $465 million. Striking members of the inter Dock talks National longshoremen s association have agreed to a contract offer by the new York shipping association covering the port of new York but local issues re main outstanding in some other ports. The Union will not return to work in any one port until All contracts Are completed. Barnard in Brief visit to . New York up or. Christian Barnard Pioneer heart trans Plant surgeon arrived in the United states monday night to make Quick visits to Florida and Texas before returning to Cape Tonto perform another operation later this month. Barnard will receive an honorary degree wednesday from Flor Ida Southern University and visit the naval aerospace medical Center in Pensacola before leaving for Houston to visit or. Denton Cooley the United states Foremost heart transplant surgeon. Sub joins air crash search los Angeles a submarine joined search boats monday looking for wreckage from a United air lines jetliner that crashed saturday night kill ing All 38 aboard. Only one body and 1,500pounds of debris have been re covered. The body was identified monday by the county Coroner As that of or. Lowell b. Swann,58, of Englewood Cojo. The submarine is the four Mandeep quest built by Lockheed missile and space co. Of sunny Vale Calif. Boycott of French goods planned Houston up members of die United synagogue of the Southwest Region have agreed to an economic Boycott against France in protest to the French arms embargo on  members will not travel to France or Purchase French goods or services hippie arrested on Airliner Houston a a Man de scribed As a hippie was arrested by the Fri at Houston International Airport monday after passenger said he saw what appeared to be a pistol in the Man pocket. The Man about 22 years old and dressed in hippie garb was taken off a trans Texas airways flight after it landed in  plane carried 57 persons. Officials said at no time did the Man threaten the Crew or attempt to change the destination of the plane. First Indian College opens Many farms Ariz. Up the first College in America established and controlled by an Indian tribe opened its doors monday to an expected enrolment of 300 to 899 Navajo  Navaho Community College is designed to fill a giant Gap in education of the sprawling reservation where 60,009 of the 120,-900 tribal members cannot speak or write English. Get along Little doggies stewardess Darlene Robertson rods some reluctant passengers aboard a Jet at fort Worth Tex. The Beeves Are bound for Chile to help a shortage. Up photo Brooklyn teacher says 3 teens set him afire new York up a Whit science teacher said he was assaulted and set afire by three negro teen agers monday in a Brooklyn secondary school. Hews not seriously injured. Frank Siracusa 30, told Boardo education officials he was at tacked in a stairwell. He said hews kicked and punched to the floor by three teen age assail ants one of whom squirted his clothing with lighter fluid from Awater pistol and set fire to him with a cigarette lighter. Siracusa said he rolled on the floor to put out the flames and quickly removed his soldering clothing. Police were assigned to the school 10 Days ago after faculty members threatened to strike if Wilson to visit Nixon London up prime min ister Harold Wilson is planning an Early Spring visit to washing ton for talks with president Rich Ard m. Nixon informed political sources said monday. They were not provided Protection against attacks by students. The school is in a predominantly White neighbourhood of Brook Lyn. It was built for 4,000 Stu dents but now has 5,600. About65 per cent Are nonwhite. Bucher said he wrote a letter tothe chief of naval operations in Washington suggesting installation of a destruct  Bucher said he received reply that such a system to be Safe and effective would have to be built into the sensitive equipment already installed an that would consume Loo much time and Cost too much Money. What destruct equipment did you have asked court counsel capt. William Newsome. We had fire axes and sledgehammers capable of being Slung by a Standard sized Sailor Bucher said. A Sailor could do a pretty Good Job of bashing inthe equipment so that it never could be used  Bucher has never said How much of the multimillion Dollar secret gear aboard the Pueblo actually was destroyed before twas boarded. There also have been questions about Why Bucher did not sink his ship deliberately rather than let it fall into the hands of the North koreans. Pointing to a diagram of the Pueblo on an easel in the Amphitheater at the Coron Donaval amphibious base Bucher explained the Only area in which water could be admitted to the Hull was through two a a t e Cooling pipes in the main engine room. It would have taken 15 to 20minutes to take the measures to open those valves he said. Then the water would have had to fill up the engine room and spill Over into other  my opinion it would have taken the ship two to two and one half hours to  no incinerator fuel the skipper said there was an incinerator aboard in which he could have destroyed secret documents but that it did not have fuel. He said there were paper shredders aboard to destroy cryptographic and other top secret documents but that it would take 15 to 20 minutes to destroy a pile of papers eight inches  the ship was seized it had 10 Thompson  one carbine and seven .45 Caliper  .50-caliber machine guns were installed on the Pueblo on week before it left Japan for its Mission off North Korea. This was the result of the attack on the Navy ship Liberty during the Israel Arab  said the chief of naval operations ordered a three inc gun but it was so Large it would have sunk . 50-caliber guns Are Fine weapons when you have people trained in their use he said. He added however that these guns afforded no Protection to the operators and left much of the ship unguarded. Chromosome ailment used in murder plea new York up a defendant in a murder Case pleaded innocent monday on grounds of insanity due in part to a Chromo some imbalance the trial of John Farley 26, nicknamed Jolly Green giant will be one of the first to test the theory that the Pyy Chromo some imbalance can make a per son not responsible for a Crimi Nal act. The trial is scheduled to begin March 21. At Farley s arraignment at Torney Marvyn Kornberg told judge Peter Farrell that a psychiatrist found Farley compe tent to stand trial but not Crimi Nally responsible at the time of the slaying. Farley is charged with Mur Dering mrs. Margaret Burke 49, last August. In a medical examination after her death Farley s Pyy chromosome imbalance was discovered. Doctors said the imbalance accounted for Farley s excessively aggressive and anti social tendencies